Boku Blog

Boku is honored to be nominated for the 2015 Card Not present (CNP) award in the Best Alternative Payment Solution category. This award honors the companies, programs and solutions that have distinguished themselves in the card-not-present space during the past year. Past winners in this category are Adyen and Verifone and we are thrilled to […]

Our mission at Boku is to make the mobile number the world’s most convenient and accessible way to pay, full stop. In order to deliver on that mission, we must be constantly innovating to bring carrier billing technology in line with the long-held advantages of traditional payment options. Today, we announced the release of one such innovation – “Phone-on-File”, the […]

The team here at Boku is never far from any major event where we can meet up with our global network of carrier and merchant partners, trade stories and ideas, and meet new potential partners face to face. When it comes to the business of gaming, there are few events larger than the Games Developer […]

To facilitate trade between the east and the west in the 4th Century, Constantine the Great established the gold solidus as the standard of currency. This coin retained its status for about 1,000 years, In its most flourishing periods, the Byzantine state may have produced as many as several hundred thousand gold coins and a […]

Today, Boku announced a new direct carrier billing partnership with 3 Hong Kong, one of Hong Kong’s leading mobile carriers and part of the 3 global network which provides mobile services to customers across Australia, Austria, Denmark, Macau, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. This new partnership continues Boku’s rapid expansion in Asia, […]

After two years serving as Vice President of Mobile Engineering at American Express, one of Boku’s earliest employees has returned home. Mike Cahill, our former Vice President of Engineering, has accepted the role of Chief Technology Officer, reuniting with the team and technology he helped build at Boku during our founding years. As our CEO, […]

The Payments Awards is one of the premiere awards in our industry, recognizing cards and payments excellence and technology innovation. Winning entries come from those companies, individuals and organizations who have implemented the most outstanding payments initiatives or projects during the past year. This year, Boku was selected as the recipient of the “Best Alternative Payments […]

Boku has officially named mopay co-founders Ingo Lippert and Christian Hinrichs as the company’s new Chief Business Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively. Mr. Lippert is the former CEO of mopay and brings more than 20 years of carrier billing, e-commerce, m-commerce, and management experience to his new role as CBO, a position formerly held […]